Handbook of concentrator photovoltaic technology

Concentrator Photovoltaics (CPV) is one of the most promising technologies to produce solar electricity at competitive prices. High performing CPV systems with efficiencies well over 30% and multi-megawatt CPV plants are now a reality.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Algora, Carlos (Editor), Rey-Stolle, Ignacio (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2016.
Subjects
Photovoltaic power systems > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Solar concentrators > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781118472965
1118472969
9781523114672
1523114673
9781118755648
1118755642
9781118755631
1118755634
9781118755655
1118755650
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Handbook of Concentrator Photovoltaic Technology; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1: Direct Normal Radiation; 1.1 Concepts and Definitions; 1.1.1 Orbital and Geometrical Considerations; 1.1.2 The Solar Constant; 1.1.3 Temporal Variations in Extraterrestrial Radiation (ETR); 1.1.4 Extraterrestrial Radiation Spectral Power Distribution; 1.1.5 The Atmospheric Filter; 1.2 Measuring Broadband Direct Solar Radiation; 1.2.1 Pyrheliometers; 1.2.2 Rotating Shadow Band Radiometers; 1.2.3 Reference Standards, the World Radiometric Reference (WRR); 1.2.4 Calibration of Pyrheliometers
  • 1.2.5 Accuracy and Uncertainty1.2.6 Summary of Guide to Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM) Approach; 1.2.7 Measurement Data Quality; 1.3 Modeling Broadband Direct Solar Radiation; 1.3.1 Models for Direct Beam Irradiance; 1.3.2 Atmospheric Component Transmittance; 1.3.2.1 Linke's Model; 1.3.2.2 Comprehensive Transmittance Models; 1.3.3 Estimating Direct Beam Radiation from Hemispherical Data; 1.3.3.1 Boes Simple Correlation; 1.3.3.2 The Maxwell Direct Insolation Simulation Code (DISC) Model; 1.4 Modeling Spectral Distributions; 1.4.1 Bird Simple Spectral Model (SPCTRL2)
  • 1.4.2 Simple Model for Atmospheric Transmission of Sunshine (SMARTS)1.4.3 Spectral Distributions from Broadband Data; 1.5 Resources for Broadband Estimates of CPV Performance; 1.5.1 Broadband Direct Beam Radiation Data Resources; 1.5.2 Typical Meteorological Year Data for CPV Performance Estimates; 1.5.3 CPV Spectral Performance Issues; 1.6 Sunshape; 1.6.1 The Solar Disk; 1.6.2 Circumsolar Radiation; 1.6.2.1 The Lawrence Berkeley Circumsolar Telescope Data; 1.6.3 Recent Circumsolar Radiation Research; 1.7 Direct Solar Radiation Climates; 1.7.1 Measurement Networks and Data
  • 1.7.2 Concentrating Solar Power Site Selection1.7.3 Concentrating Solar Power Resource Map Examples; 1.7.4 Solar Resource Maps and Data Internet Resources; 1.8 Consensus Standards for Direct Solar Radiation Applications; 1.8.1 World Radiometric Reference; 1.8.2 Solar Radiometric Instrumentation Calibration; 1.8.3 Spectral Calibration Standards; 1.8.4 Standard and Reference Spectral Distributions; Glossary; List of Acronyms; List of Symbols; References; 2: Concentrator Multijunction Solar Cells; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Fundamentals; 2.2.1 Fundamentals of Photovoltaic Cells
  • 2.2.1.1 A Solar Cell Primer2.2.1.2 Solar Cell Optimum Bandgap; 2.2.1.3 Basic Solar Cell I-V Curve; 2.2.2 Fundamentals of Multijunction Solar Cells; 2.2.2.1 Losses in Solar Cells; 2.2.2.2 Multijunction Solar Cells as a Response to Minimize Losses; 2.2.2.3 Multijunction Solar Cells and CPV; 2.3 Multijunction Solar Cell Structures; 2.3.1 Historical Development of Multijunction PV Converters; 2.3.1.1 Spectral Splitting Systems; 2.3.1.2 Mechanical Stack of Solar Cells and Multi-terminal Devices; 2.3.1.3 Monolithic Two-terminal Multijunction Solar Cells

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